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Les impacts et conséquences de la criminalisation des tierces personnes dans l'industrie du sexe
Organization: Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform
Published: 2015
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Policymakers, Researchers, Service Providers
Topic(s): Process and Reforms, Sex Workers
Language(s): French

La Loi sur la protection des collectivités et des personnes victimes d'exploitation, qui entrait en vigueur le 6 décembre 2014, a abrogé l'article 212 du Code criminel (proxénétisme et vivre des produits de la prostitution) et l'a remplacé par trois nouveaux articles règlementant les tierces personnes. L'objectif énoncé de cette loi était de prévenir certaines personnes d'être entrainées dans l'industrie du sexe et exploitées par des tierces personnes. Les fonctionnaires soutiennent que la nouvelle loi n'interdit pas aux personnes qui travaillent dans l'industrie du sexe de travailler avec des tierces personnes pour assurer leur sécurité.

Criminalizing Third Parties in the Sex Industry: Impacts and Consequences
Organization: Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform
Published: 2015
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Policymakers, Researchers, Service Providers
Topic(s): Process and Reforms, Sex Workers
Language(s): English

The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, which came into e ect December 6, 2014, repealed s. 212 of the Criminal Code (procuring and living on the avails of prostitution) and replaced it with three new sections regulating third parties. The stated objective of the law was to prevent individuals from being enticed into the sex industry and exploited by third parties. While o cials claimed the new law did not prohibit people working in the sex industry from working with third parties for security, in reality, the new provisions do not allow sex workers to hire experienced individuals for protection who know their trade.

La décriminalisation et l'atteinte des objectifs de santé publique
Organization: Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform
Published: 2014
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Policymakers, Researchers, Service Providers
Topic(s): Process and Reforms, Sex Workers
Language(s): French

Il a été démontré que la criminalisation du travail du sexe, avec le mépris pour les droits humains des travailleuses du sexe qui l'accompagne, force ces dernières à travailler dans des conditions ou elles ont moins de controle sur leurs conditions de travail, les laissant dans l'ombre des protections o ertes par les normes d'hygiène et de travail. Inversement, la décriminalisation du travail du sexe a été associée à une hausse des niveaux de santé.

Why Decriminalization is Consistent with Public Health Goals
Organization: Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform
Published: 2014
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Policymakers, Researchers, Service Providers
Topic(s): Process and Reforms, Sex Workers
Language(s): English

Evidence shows that the criminalization of sex work and the accompanying lack of respect for sex workers' human rights forces sex workers to work in circumstances that diminish their control over their working conditions and leaves them without the protective bene t of labour or health standards. Conversely, the decriminalization of sex work has been associated with better and improved health.

Proxénètes, gestionnaires et autres tierces personnes: Faire la distinction entre les tierces personnes et l'exploitation
Organization: Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform
Published: 2014
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Policymakers, Researchers, Service Providers
Topic(s): Process and Reforms, Sex Workers
Language(s): French

La section 212(1)(j) du Code Criminel vise les tierces personnes avec qui ou pour qui les travailleuses du sexe travaillent - quiconque o rant des biens ou des services directement liés au travail du sexe, ou dont le revenu est dépendant de l'emploi d'une travailleuse du sexe. On parle généralement de ces tierces personnes en termes d'exploitation plutot que dans un contexte d'échange de services et de soutien o ert aux travailleuses du sexe.

Pimps, Managers and Other Third Parties: Making Distinctions Between Third Parties and Exploitation
Organization: Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform
Published: 2014
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Policymakers, Researchers, Service Providers
Topic(s): Process and Reforms, Sex Workers
Language(s): English

Section 212(1)(j) of the Criminal Code targets the third parties that sex workers work with, hire and work for. Anyone who provides goods or services directly related to, or whose income is contingent on, a sex worker's work. These individuals are often discussed without a context of exploitation, and not within the context of the services or help they provide to sex workers.

Colonisation, oppression et racisme: comprendre la violence contre les femmes autochtones plus agées
Organization: OAITH - Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses
Published: 2018
Format: Document
Type(s):
Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Policymakers, Researchers, Service Providers
Topic(s): Aboriginal, First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Women, Domestic Violence / IPV, Gender-Based Violence, Intimate Partner Sexual Violence, Older Women, Trauma
Language(s): French

Objectifs:

  • Mieux faire connaître les racines de la violence à l'égard des femmes autochtones âgées, y compris les répercussions de la colonisation et des inégalités socioéconomiques.
  • Sensibiliser et éduquer les prestataires de services sur la violence dans les communautés autochtones, les causes de la violence à l'égard des femmes autochtones âgées et les moyens d'y faire face.
  • Comprendre les réponses appropriées qui autonomi-sent les femmes autochtones plus âgées qui sont victimes de violence, et faciliter et appuyer le processus de guérison.
Colonization, Oppression and Racism: Understanding Violence against Indigenous women who are older
Organization: OAITH - Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses
Published: 2018
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Policymakers, Researchers, Service Providers
Topic(s): Aboriginal, First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Women, Domestic Violence / IPV, Gender-Based Violence, Intimate Partner Sexual Violence, Older Women, Trauma
Language(s): English

These are the powerpoint notes to accompany the webinar of the same name.

Objectives:

  1. To develop a greater awareness of the root causes of violence against older Indigenous women, including the impacts of colonization and socio-economic inequalities.
  2. To raise awareness and educate service providers about violence in Indigenous communities, the causes of violence against older Indigenous women and how to respond to it.
  3. To understand appropriate responses that empower Indigenous women who are older who have experienced violence and to facilitate and support the healing process.
Ce que le Canada peut apprendre des lois suédoises criminalisant l'achat de services sexuels
Organization: Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform
Published: 2014
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Policymakers, Researchers, Service Providers
Topic(s): Adults, Gender-Based Violence, Process and Reforms, Public Education, Sex Workers, Workplace Violence
Language(s): French

En 1999, la Suède faisait de l'achat de services sexuels un acte criminel tout en maintenant des lois qui criminalisent les tierces personnes, tels que les propriétaires de maisons closes, les gestionnaires et les employés de soutien et de sécurité. Cette approche est surnommée le modèle "suédois" ou "nordique" et se veut une nouvelle avenue vers l'éradication du travail du sexe et le traffic humain en mettant n à la "demande". Une compréhension limitée du modèle suédois signi e que la majorité des gens ne sont pas au courant des di érentes facons par lesquelles ce modèle continue de criminaliser les travailleuses du sexe.

What Canada Can Learn from Sweden’s Laws that Criminalize the Purchase of Sexual Services
Organization: Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform
Published: 2014
Format: Document
Type(s): Information and Fact Sheets
Audience(s): Advocates, Educators, Policymakers, Researchers, Service Providers
Topic(s): Adults, Gender-Based Violence, Process and Reforms, Public Education, Sex Workers, Workplace Violence
Language(s): English

In 1999, Sweden made the purchase of sexual services a crime and maintained criminal laws against third parties such as brothel owners, managers, security and support sta . This approach is referred to as the 'Swedish' or 'Nordic' model and presented as a new legal framework to eradicate sex work and trafficking by 'ending demand'. Limited understanding of the 'Swedish model' means that most people are unaware that Sweden's laws still criminalize sex workers in other ways.

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